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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[769]] – The [[Lateran Council (769)|Lateran Council]] ends by condemning the [[Council of Hieria]] and [[anathema]]tizing its [[Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] rulings.<ref>{{cite book|last=von Hefele|first=Karl Joseph|title=A History of the Councils of the Church: From the Original Documents. Volume 5: A.D. 626 to close of Second Council of Nicea, 797|location=Edinburgh|publisher=T. & T. Clark|date=1896|oclc=10158388|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sn_SNC11TTQC|page=338|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Noble|first=Thomas F.X.|title=Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2013|isbn=9780812222562|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_IADUZ-4yQC|page=146}}</ref> *[[1071]] – [[Bari]], the last [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] possession in southern Italy, [[siege of Bari|is surrendered]] to [[Robert Guiscard]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Vryonis| first=Spyros P. Jr. |chapter=Byzantine Society and Civilization|title=The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843–1261|editor-last1=Evans|editor-first1=Helen C.|editor-last2=Wixom|editor-first2=William D.|location=New York|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|date=1997|isbn=9780870997778|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Caqa12aj55wC|page=15}}</ref> *[[1450]] – [[Battle of Formigny]]: Toward the end of the [[Hundred Years' War]], the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burne|first=Alfred Higgins|title=The Agincourt War: A Military History of the Latter Part of the Hundred Years' War From 1369 to 1453|location=London|publisher=FrontLine Books|date=2014|isbn=9781848327658|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nOpBQAAQBAJ|pages=315, 322}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1632]] – [[Battle of Rain]]: [[Sweden|Swedes]] under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] defeat the [[Holy Roman Empire]] during the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Tim J.|chapter=Lech River, Battle of (April 15, 1632)|title=Germany at War: 400 years of Military History|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=745}}</ref> *[[1642]] – [[Irish Confederate Wars]]: A [[Confederate Ireland|Confederate Irish]] militia is routed in the [[Battle of Kilrush]] when it attempts to halt the progress of a [[Royalist]] Army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bagwell|first=Richard|title=Ireland Under the Stuarts. Volume 2|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co.|date=1909|isbn=9783752350623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJzyDwAAQBAJ|pages=16–17}}</ref> *[[1715]] – The [[Yamasee War#Pocotaligo massacre|Pocotaligo Massacre]] triggers the start of the [[Yamasee War]] in [[Province of Carolina|colonial South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of South Carolina. Volume 1: Proprietary Administration (1670–1719)|editor-last1=Snowden|editor-first1=Yates|editor-last2=Cutler|editor-first2=H.G.|location=Chicago|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|date=1920|oclc=2395214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9rdhTozA2YC|page=166}}</ref> *[[1736]] – Foundation of the short-lived [[Kingdom of Corsica (1736)|Kingdom of Corsica]]. *[[1738]] – ''[[Serse]]'', an [[Italian opera]] by [[George Frideric Handel]], receives its premiere performance in London, England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lang|first=Paul Henry|title=George Frideric Handel|location=New York|publisher=Dover Publications|date=1996|isbn=9780486292274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aK8AQAAQBAJ|page=299}}</ref> *[[1755]] – [[Samuel Johnson]]'s ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]'' is published in London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vizetelly|first=Frank H.|title=The Development of the Dictionary of the English Language, With Special Reference to the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary|location=New York|publisher=Funk & Wagnalls Company|date=1915|oclc=4428183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dJWAAAAMAAJ|page=11}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet]] and [[Laurent Clerc]] found the [[American School for the Deaf]] (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crouch|first=Barry A.|chapter=Lessons From the Connecticut Asylum|title=The Deaf Way: Perspectives From the International Conference on Deaf Culture|editor-last1=Erting|editor-first1=Carol J.|editor-last2=Johnson|editor-first2=Robert C.|editor-last3=Smith|editor-first3=Dorothy L.|editor-last4=Snider|editor-first4=Bruce D.|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Gallaudet University Press|date=1994|isbn=9781563680267|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqJxAcmA9yEC|page=226}}</ref> *[[1861]] – President [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[Proclamation 80|calls for 75,000 militiamen]] to quell the insurrection that soon became the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=London|publisher=Pimlico|date=2002|isbn=9780712668545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|page=58}}</ref> *[[1865]] – President Abraham Lincoln dies after being [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|shot]] the previous evening by actor [[John Wilkes Booth]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Steers| first=Edward J. Jr. |title=Lincoln's Assassination|location=Carbondale, Ill.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780809333493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Sl9BAAAQBAJ|pages=72–74}}</ref> Three hours later, Vice President [[Andrew Johnson]] is sworn in as president.<ref>{{cite book|last=Donhardt|first=Gary L.|title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion: The Life of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (1808–1875)|location=New York|publisher=Nova Science|date=2006|isbn=9781600210860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC|page=63}}</ref> *[[1892]] – The [[General Electric|General Electric Company]] is formed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davtyan|first=Lusine|chapter=General Electric|title=Technical Innovation in American History: An Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Volume 2: Reconstruction Through World War II|editor-last1=Welch|editor-first1=Rosanne|editor-last2=Lamphier|editor-first2=Peg A.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2019|isbn=9781610690935|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWGHDwAAQBAJ|page=74}}</ref> *[[1896]] – Closing ceremony of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|Games of the I Olympiad]] in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hanold|first=Maylon|title=World Sports: A Reference Handbook|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781598847789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTsDeI_ZbncC|page=149}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Philippine–American War]]: [[Filipino people|Filipino]] guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a [[Siege of Catubig|four-day siege]] of [[Catubig, Northern Samar|Catubig]], Philippines.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alegre|first=Joycie Y. Dorado|title=Abaknon of Samar. Katutubo: Profiles of Philippine Cultural Communities|location=Manila|publisher=National Commission on Culture and the Arts|date=2009|isbn=9789718141618|page=12}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – The British passenger liner {{RMS|Titanic}} [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinks]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]] at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an [[iceberg]]. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive. *[[1920]] – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in [[South Braintree, Massachusetts]]. [[Anarchism|Anarchists]] [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy. *[[1922]] – U.S. Senator [[John B. Kendrick]] of [[Wyoming]] introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the [[Teapot Dome scandal]]. *[[1923]] – [[Insulin]] becomes generally available for use by people with [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]]. * 1923 – Racially motivated [[Nihon Shōgakkō fire]] lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|161579022}} |title=FIRE FIEND UNMASKED: Lives and Homes Sacrificed; Confession Uncovers Arson Mystery Reaching From Seattle to Mexico; Hatred of Japanese Incites Army Deserter to Burn Church Mission FIRE MURDERS ARE ADMITTED |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=17 August 1923 |page=I1 }}</ref> *[[1936]] – First day of the [[1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine|Arab revolt]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]]. *[[1941]] – In the [[Belfast Blitz]], 200 bombers of the German [[Luftwaffe]] attack [[Belfast]], killing some 1,000 people. *[[1942]] – The [[Award of the George Cross to Malta|George Cross is awarded]] "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI. *[[1945]] – [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] is liberated. *[[1947]] – [[Jackie Robinson]] debuts for the [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]], breaking [[Baseball color line|baseball's color line]]. *[[1952]] – First flight of the [[Boeing B-52]] Stratofortress. *[[1955]] – [[McDonald's]] restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by [[Ray Kroc]], in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]]. *[[1960]] – At [[Shaw University]] in Raleigh, North Carolina, [[Ella Baker]] leads a conference that results in the creation of the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]], one of the principal organizations of the [[civil rights movement]] in the 1960s. *[[1969]] – The [[EC-121 shootdown incident]]: [[North Korea]] shoots down a [[United States Navy]] aircraft over the [[Sea of Japan]], killing all 31 on board. *[[1970]] – During the [[Cambodian Civil War]], massacre of the [[Vietnamese Cambodians|Vietnamese minority]] results in 800 bodies flowing down the [[Mekong]] river into [[South Vietnam]]. *[[1986]] – The United States launches [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]], its bombing raids against [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2012)|Libyan targets]] in response to a [[West Berlin discotheque bombing|discotheque bombing in West Germany]] that killed two U.S. servicemen. *[[1989]] – [[Hillsborough disaster]]: A human crush occurs at [[Hillsborough Stadium]], home of [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] fans. * 1989 – Upon [[Hu Yaobang]]'s death, the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] begin in China. *[[1994]] – [[Marrakesh Agreement]] relating to foundation of [[World Trade Organization]] is adopted. *[[2002]] – [[Air China Flight 129]] crashes on approach to [[Gimhae International Airport]] in [[Busan]], South Korea, killing 129 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 767-2J6ER B-2552 Pusan-Kimhae Airport (PUS)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020415-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110094142/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=20020415-0 |archive-date=2005-11-10 }}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Boston Marathon bombing|Two bombs explode]] near the finish line at the [[2013 Boston Marathon|Boston Marathon]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others. * 2013 – [[15 April 2013 Iraq attacks|A wave of bombings]] across Iraq kills at least 75 people. *[[2014]] – In the [[2014 Bentiu massacre|worst massacre]] of the [[South Sudanese Civil War]], at least 200 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals. *[[2019]] – The cathedral of [[Notre-Dame de Paris]] in France is seriously damaged by [[Notre-Dame de Paris fire|a large fire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794|title=Notre-Dame: Massive fire ravages Paris cathedral|publisher=BBC News|date=16 April 2019|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> *[[2021]] – A [[Indianapolis FedEx shooting|mass shooting]] occurred at a [[FedEx Ground|Fedex Ground]] facility in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, killing nine and injuring seven.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Neuman |first1=Scott |last2=Jones |first2=Dustin |date=April 16, 2021<!-- 3:22am Eastern Time--> |title=Police ID Suspect And Victims In Shooting Deaths At FedEx Facility In Indianapolis |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/987929888/ |access-date=February 21, 2023 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[68 BC]] – [[Gaius Maecenas]], Roman politician (died 8 BC) *[[1282]] – [[Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine]] (died 1329) *[[1442]] – [[John Paston (died 1479)|John Paston]], English noble (died 1479) *[[1452]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519) *[[1469]] – [[Guru Nanak]], the first [[Sikh]] guru (died 1539) *[[1552]] – [[Pietro Cataldi]], Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1626) *[[1563]] – [[Guru Arjan Dev]], fifth Sikh leader (died 1606) *[[1588]] – [[Claudius Salmasius]], French author and scholar (died 1653) *[[1592]] – [[Francesco Maria Brancaccio]], Catholic cardinal (died 1675) ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Robert Sibbald]], Scottish physician and geographer (died 1722) *[[1642]] – [[Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire|Suleiman II]], Ottoman sultan (died 1691) *[[1646]] – [[Christian V of Denmark]] (died 1699) *[[1684]] – [[Catherine I of Russia]] (died 1727) *[[1688]] – [[Johann Friedrich Fasch]], German violinist and composer (died 1758) *[[1707]] – [[Leonhard Euler]], Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783) *[[1710]] – [[William Cullen]], Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Cullen {{!}} Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/william-cullen |website=rcpe.ac.uk |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1741]] – [[Charles Willson Peale]], American painter and soldier (died 1827) *[[1771]] – [[Nicolas Chopin]], French-Polish educator (died 1844) *[[1772]] – [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], French biologist and zoologist (died 1844) *[[1793]] – [[Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve]], German astronomer and academic (died 1864) *[[1795]] – [[Maria Schicklgruber]], mother of [[Alois Hitler]] and the paternal grandmother of [[Adolf Hitler]] (died 1847) *[[1800]] – [[James Clark Ross]], English captain and explorer (died 1862) *[[1808]] – [[William Champ]], English-Australian politician, 1st [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1892) *[[1809]] – [[Hermann Grassmann]], German linguist and mathematician (died 1877) *[[1817]] – [[William Crowther (Australian politician)|William Crowther]], Dutch-Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1885) *[[1828]] – [[Jean Danjou]], French captain (died 1863)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lepage |first1=Jean-Denis G. G. |title=The French Foreign Legion: An Illustrated History |date=18 April 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6253-7 |pages=47 and 49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqeOMjr9kqYC&pg=PA47}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Wilhelm Busch]], German poet, painter, and illustrator (died 1908) *[[1841]] – [[Mary Grant Roberts]], Australian zoo owner (died 1921)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Guiler |first1=Eric |title=Roberts, Mary Grant (1841–1921) |id2=roberts-mary-grant-8228 |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> * 1841 – [[Joseph E. Seagram]], Canadian businessman and politician, founded the [[Seagram|Seagram Company Ltd]] (died 1919) *[[1843]] – [[Henry James]], American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1916) *[[1856]] – [[Jean Moréas]], Greek poet and critic (died 1910) *[[1858]] – [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (died 1917) *[[1861]] – [[Bliss Carman]], Canadian-British poet and playwright (died 1929) *[[1863]] – [[Ida Freund]], Austrian-born chemist and educator (died 1914)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&q=Ida+Freund+15+April+1863&pg=PA301|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|last1=Rubinstein|first1=William D.|last2=Jolles|first2=Michael|last3=Rubinstein|first3=Hilary L.|author-link1=William Rubinstein|author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781403939104|pages=301}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[George Harrison Shull]], American botanist and geneticist (died 1954) * 1874 – [[Johannes Stark]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1957) *[[1875]] – [[James J. Jeffries]], American boxer and promoter (died 1953) *[[1877]] – [[Georg Kolbe]], German sculptor (died 1947) *1877 – [[W. D. Ross|William David Ross]], Scottish philosopher (died 1971)<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/william-david-ross/|title=William David Ross – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|chapter=William David Ross|year=2022|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Robert Walser]], Swiss author and playwright (died 1956) *[[1879]] – [[Melville Henry Cane]], American lawyer and poet (died 1980) *[[1883]] – [[Stanley Bruce]], Australian captain and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (died 1967) *[[1885]] – [[Tadeusz Kutrzeba]], Polish general (died 1947) *[[1886]] – [[Nikolay Gumilyov]], Russian poet and critic (died 1921) *[[1887]] – [[Felix Pipes]], Austrian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/fritz-felix-pipes|title=Fritz Felix PIPES – Olympic Tennis | Austria|date=June 14, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> (died 1983) * 1887 – [[William Forgan Smith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 24th [[Premier of Queensland]] (died 1953) *[[1888]] – [[Maximilian Kronberger]], German poet and author (died 1904) *[[1889]] – [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], American painter and educator (died 1975) * 1889 – [[A. Philip Randolph]], American activist (died 1979) *[[1890]] – [[Percy Shaw]], English businessman, invented the [[Cat's eye (road)|cat's eye]] (died 1976) *[[1892]] – [[Theo Osterkamp]], German general and pilot (died 1975) * 1892 – [[Corrie ten Boom]], Dutch-American clocksmith, [[Dutch Resistance|Nazi resister]], and author (died 1983) *[[1894]] – [[Nikita Khrushchev]], Russian general and politician, 7th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (died 1971) * 1894 – [[Bessie Smith]], African-American singer and actress (died 1937) *[[1895]] – [[Clark McConachy]], New Zealand snooker player (died 1980) * 1895 – [[Abigail Mejia]], Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (died 1941)<ref>{{cite book|first=Néstor|last=Contín Aybar|title=Historia de la Literatura Dominicana Volume 4|location=San Pedro de Macorís|publisher=Univ. Central del Este|year=1986|oclc=630212151|language=es|page=94}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Nikolay Semyonov]], Russian physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1986) *[[1898]] – [[Harry Edward]], Guyanese-English sprinter (died 1973) *[[1900]] – [[Ramón Iribarren]], Spanish civil engineer (died 1967)<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 2003 |title=Relación de académicos desde el año 1847 hasta el 2003. |trans-title=List of academics from 1847 until 2003. |url=https://rac.es/ficheros/doc/00186.pdf |language=es |journal=Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Joe Davis]], English snooker player (died 1978) * 1901 – [[Ajoy Mukherjee]], Indian politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (died 1986) * 1901 – [[René Pleven]], French businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1993) *[[1902]] – [[Fernando Pessa]], Portuguese journalist (died 2002) *[[1903]] – [[John Williams (actor)|John Williams]], English-American actor (died 1983) *[[1904]] – [[Arshile Gorky]], Armenian-American painter and illustrator (died 1948) *[[1907]] – [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]], Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1988) *[[1908]] – [[eden ahbez]], American songwriter and recording artist (died 1995) * 1908 – [[Lita Grey]], American actress (died 1995) *[[1909]] – [[Robert Edison Fulton Jr.]], American inventor and adventurer (died 2004)<ref>Fulton, R. E. Jr., (1983) – ''The One Man Caravan of Robert E. Fulton Jr. An Autofilmography'' – Newtown, Connecticut: Flying Ridge</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Sulo Bärlund]], Finnish shot putter (died 1986) * 1910 – [[Miguel Najdorf]], Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (died 1997) *[[1912]] – [[William Congdon]], American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1998) * 1912 – [[Kim Il Sung]], North Korean general and politician, 1st [[List of leaders of North Korea|Supreme Leader of North Korea]] (died 1994) *[[1915]] – [[Elizabeth Catlett]], African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012) *[[1916]] – [[Alfred S. Bloomingdale]], American businessman (died 1982) * 1916 – [[Helene Hanff]], American author and screenwriter (died 1997) *[[1917]] – [[Hans Conried]], American actor (died 1982) * 1917 – [[Elmer Gedeon]], American baseball player and bomber pilot (died 1944)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bedingfield|first=Gary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ilzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|title=Baseball's Dead of World War II: A Roster of Professional Players Who Died in Service|date=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4454-0|pages=137}}</ref> * 1917 – [[James Kee]], American lawyer and politician (died 1989) *[[1918]] – [[Hans Billian]], German film director, screenwriter, and actor (died 2007) *[[1919]] – [[Alberto Breccia]], Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (died 1993) *[[1920]] – [[Godfrey Stafford]], English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013) * 1920 – [[Thomas Szasz]], Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (died 2012) * 1920 – [[Richard von Weizsäcker]], German soldier and politician, 6th [[President of Germany]] (died 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Georgy Beregovoy]], Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995) * 1921 – [[Angelo DiGeorge]], American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009) *[[1922]] – [[Michael Ansara]], Syrian-American actor (died 2013) * 1922 – [[Donn F. Draeger]], American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://budojapan.com/feature-articles/donn-f-draeger-the-pioneer/|title=Donn F. Draeger: The Pioneer | BUDO JAPAN - Ttraditional Japanese martial-arts}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999) * 1922 – [[Harold Washington]], American lawyer and politician, 51st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (died 1987) * 1922 – [[Graham Whitehead]], English racing driver (died 1981) *[[1923]] – [[Artur Alliksaar]], Estonian poet and author (died 1966) * 1923 – [[Robert DePugh]], American activist, founded the [[Minutemen (anti-Communist organization)|Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization)]] (died 2009) *[[1924]] – [[M. Canagaratnam]], Sri Lankan politician (died 1980) * 1924 – [[Rikki Fulton]], Scottish comedian (died 2004) * 1924 – [[Neville Marriner]], English violinist and conductor (died 2016) *[[1926]] – [[Jurriaan Schrofer]], Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (died 1990)<ref>"[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/Schrofer%2C%20Jurriaan Jurriaan Schrofer]" (in Dutch), ''[[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]''. Retrieved 3 April 2022.</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Robert Mills (physicist)|Robert Mills]], American physicist and academic (died 1999) *[[1929]] – [[Gérald Beaudoin]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2008) * 1929 – [[Adrian Cadbury]], English rower and businessman (died 2015) *[[1930]] – [[Georges Descrières]], French actor (died 2013) * 1930 – [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir]], Icelandic educator and politician, 4th [[President of Iceland]] *[[1931]] – [[Kenneth Bloomfield]], Northern Irish civil servant * 1931 – [[Tomas Tranströmer]], Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2015) *[[1933]] – [[Roy Clark]], American musician and television personality (died 2018) * 1933 – [[David Hamilton (photographer)|David Hamilton]], English-French photographer and director (died 2016) * 1933 – [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], American actress and producer (died 1995) *[[1935]] – [[Stavros Paravas]], Greek actor and producer (died 2008) *[[1936]] – [[Raymond Poulidor]], French cyclist (died 2019) *[[1937]] – [[Bob Luman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978) * 1937 – [[Robert W. Gore]], American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of [[Gore-Tex]] (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert W. Gore, Chairman Emeritus of W. L. Gore & Associates, and Inventor of GORE-TEX® Technology Dies at 83 |url=https://www.gore.com/news-events/press-release/robert-gore-passing |website=gore.com |publisher=[[W. L. Gore and Associates]] |access-date=22 September 2020|date=18 September 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Schudel|first=Matt|date=September 19, 2020|title=Robert W. Gore, company president and inventor of Gore-Tex, dies at 83|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-w-gore-company-president-and-inventor-of-gore-tex-dies-at-83/2020/09/19/c6da5244-faa9-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html|access-date=September 21, 2020|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Claudia Cardinale]], Italian actress * 1938 – [[Hso Khan Pha]], Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (died 2016) *[[1939]] – [[Marty Wilde]], English singer-songwriter and actor * 1939 – [[Desiré Ecaré]], Ivorian filmmaker (died 2009) *[[1940]] – [[Jeffrey Archer]], English author, playwright, and politician * 1940 – [[Penelope Coelen]], South African actress, model, beauty queen and [[Miss World|1958 Miss World]] * 1940 – [[Willie Davis (baseball)|Willie Davis]], American baseball player and actor (died 2010) * 1940 – [[Robert Lacroix]], Canadian economist and academic * 1940 – [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)|Robert Walker]], American actor (died 2019)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Huff|first=Lauren|date=2019-12-06|title='Star Trek' actor Robert Walker Jr. dies at 79|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/12/06/robert-walker-jr-star-trek-actor-dead-79/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-11|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207073152/https://ew.com/tv/2019/12/06/robert-walker-jr-star-trek-actor-dead-79/ |archive-date=2019-12-07 }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Howard Berman]], American lawyer and politician *[[1942]] – [[Francis X. DiLorenzo]], American bishop (died 2017) * 1942 – [[Walt Hazzard]], American basketball player and coach (died 2011) * 1942 – [[Kenneth Lay]], American businessman and criminal(died 2006) * 1942 – [[Tim Lankester]], English economist and academic *[[1943]] – [[Pınar Kür]], Turkish author, playwright, and academic * 1943 – [[Robert Lefkowitz]], American physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1943 – [[Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater]], English politician (died 2022) * 1943 – [[Hugh Thompson, Jr.]], American soldier and pilot (died 2006) *[[1944]] – [[Dave Edmunds]], Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1946]] – [[John Lloyd (journalist)|John Lloyd]], Scottish journalist and author * 1946 – [[Pete Rouse]], American politician, [[White House Chief of Staff]] *[[1947]] – [[Linda Bloodworth-Thomason]], American screenwriter and producer * 1947 – [[Martin Broughton]], English businessman * 1947 – [[Lois Chiles]], American model and actress * 1947 – [[David Omand]], English civil servant and academic * 1947 – [[Cristina Husmark Pehrsson]], Swedish nurse and politician, [[Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Social Security]] *[[1948]] – [[Christopher Brown (museum director)|Christopher Brown]], English historian, curator, and academic * 1948 – [[Michael Kamen]], American composer and conductor (died 2003) * 1948 – [[Phil Mogg]], English singer-songwriter and musician *[[1949]] – [[Alla Pugacheva]], Russian singer-songwriter and actress * 1949 – [[Craig Zadan]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) *[[1950]] – [[Josiane Balasko]], French actress, director, and screenwriter * 1950 – [[Amy Wright]], American actress * 1950 – [[Karel Kroupa]], Czech football player *[[1951]] – [[Heloise (columnist)|Heloise]], American journalist and author * 1951 – [[John L. Phillips]], American captain and astronaut * 1951 – [[Stuart Prebble]], English journalist and producer * 1951 – [[Marsha Ivins]], American engineer and astronaut *[[1952]] – [[Kym Gyngell]], Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter * 1952 – [[Brian Muir (sculptor)|Brian Muir]], English sculptor and set designer * 1952 – [[Avital Ronell]], Czech-American philosopher and academic * 1952 – [[Glenn Shadix]], American actor, (died 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-09 |title=PASSINGS: Glenn Shadix, Lucius Walker, LeRoy A. Beavers Jr., Mike Edwards, Larry Ashmead, Corneille |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20100909-story.html |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Dodi Fayed]], Egyptian film producer (died 1997) * 1955 – [[Joice Mujuru]], Zimbabwean politician<ref>"Presentism, Contested Narratives and Dissonances in Zimbabwe’s Liberation War Heritage: The Case of." Colonial Heritage, Memory and Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects (2015): p 11.</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Michael Cooper]], American basketball player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Evelyn Ashford]], American runner and coach *[[1958]] – [[Keith Acton]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1958 – [[John Bracewell]], New Zealand cricketer * 1958 – [[Memos Ioannou]], Greek basketball player and coach * 1958 – [[Benjamin Zephaniah]], English actor, author, poet, and playwright (died 2023) *[[1959]] – [[Fruit Chan]], Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter * 1959 – [[Kevin Lowe]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager * 1959 – [[Emma Thompson]], English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter *[[1960]] – [[Pierre Aubry]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1960 – [[Susanne Bier]], Danish director and screenwriter * 1960 – [[Pedro Delgado]], Spanish cyclist and sportscaster * 1960 – [[Tony Jones (snooker player)|Tony Jones]], English snooker player *[[1961]] – [[Neil Carmichael (Conservative politician)|Neil Carmichael]], English academic and politician * 1961 – [[Carol W. Greider]], American molecular biologist * 1961 – [[Dawn Wright]], American geographer and oceanographer *[[1962]] – [[Nawal El Moutawakel]], Moroccan athlete and politician * 1962 – [[Tom Kane]], American voice actor *[[1963]] – [[Alex Crawford]], Nigerian-South African journalist * 1963 – [[Manzoor Elahi]], Pakistani cricketer * 1963 – [[Manoj Prabhakar]], Indian cricketer and sportscaster *[[1964]] – [[Andre Joubert]], South African rugby player * 1964 – [[Lee Kernaghan]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1965]] – [[Soichi Noguchi]], Japanese engineer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=42}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Linda Perry]], American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/linda-perry-mn0000285294/biography | title= Artist Biography [Linda Perry] | first=Jason | last=Anderson | publisher= [[AllMusic.com]] | access-date= 2014-03-31}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Kevin Stevens]], American ice hockey player *[[1966]] – [[Samantha Fox]], English singer-songwriter and actress * 1966 – [[Mott Green]], American businessman (died 2013) *[[1967]] – [[Frankie Poullain]], Scottish bass player and songwriter * 1967 – [[Dara Torres]], American swimmer and journalist *[[1968]] – [[Ben Clarke]], English rugby player and coach * 1968 – [[Brahim Lahlafi]], Moroccan-French runner * 1968 – [[Ed O'Brien]], English guitarist *[[1969]] – [[Jeromy Burnitz]], American baseball player * 1969 – [[Kaisa Roose]], Estonian pianist and conductor * 1969 – [[Jimmy Waite]], Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach *[[1970]] – [[Chris Huffins]], American decathlete and coach *[[1971]] – [[Philippe Carbonneau]], French rugby player * 1971 – [[Finidi George]], Nigerian footballer * 1971 – [[Jason Sehorn]], American football player * 1971 – [[Josia Thugwane]], South African runner * 1971 – [[Karl Turner (British politician)|Karl Turner]], English lawyer and politician *[[1972]] – [[Arturo Gatti]], Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009) * 1972 – [[Lou Romano]], American animator and voice actor *[[1974]] – [[Kim Min-kyo]], South Korean actor and director * 1974 – [[Danny Pino]], American actor and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Mike Quinn]], American football player * 1974 – [[Douglas Spain]], American actor, director, and producer * 1974 – [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]], American ice hockey player *[[1975]] – [[Sarah Teichmann]], German-American biophysicist and immunologist *[[1976]] – [[Jason Bonsignore]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1976 – [[Darius Regelskis]], Lithuanian footballer * 1976 – [[Kęstutis Šeštokas]], Lithuanian basketball player * 1976 – [[Steve Williams (rower)|Steve Williams]], English rower *[[1977]] – [[Sudarsan Pattnaik]], Indian sculptor * 1977 – [[Brian Pothier]], American ice hockey player *[[1978]] – [[Milton Bradley (baseball)|Milton Bradley]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Tim Corcoran (pitcher)|Tim Corcoran]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Luis Fonsi]], Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer * 1978 – [[Chris Stapleton]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1979]] – [[Luke Evans]], Welsh actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fearon |first1=Faye |title=Luke Evans is winning the menswear game right now |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/luke-evans-style |publisher=[[GQ]] |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=15 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Patrick Carney]], American drummer, musician, and producer * 1980 – [[James Foster (cricketer, born 1980)|James Foster]], English cricketer * 1980 – [[Raül López (basketball)|Raül López]], Spanish basketball player * 1980 – [[Willie Mason]], New Zealand-Australian rugby league player * 1980 – [[Aida Mollenkamp]], American chef and author * 1980 – [[Billy Yates (American football)|Billy Yates]], American football player *[[1981]] – [[Andrés D'Alessandro]], Argentinian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Michael Aubrey]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Anthony Green (musician)|Anthony Green]], American singer-songwriter * 1982 – [[Albert Riera]], Spanish footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Riera|url=https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/albert-riera-ortega/3647/|website=Soccerway|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Seth Rogen]], Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1983]] – [[Alice Braga]], Brazilian actress * 1983 – [[Matt Cardle]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1983 – [[Dudu Cearense]], Brazilian footballer * 1983 – [[Andreas Fransson]], Swedish skier (died 2014) * 1983 – [[Ilya Kovalchuk]], Russian ice hockey player * 1983 – [[Martin Pedersen (cyclist)|Martin Pedersen]], Danish cyclist *[[1984]] – [[Antonio Cromartie]], American football player * 1984 – [[Cam Janssen]], American ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Daniel Paille]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1985]] – [[Ryan Hamilton (ice hockey)|Ryan Hamilton]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1986]] – [[Tom Heaton]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Sylvain Marveaux]], French footballer *[[1988]] – [[Blake Ayshford]], Australian rugby league player * 1988 – [[Steven Defour]], Belgian footballer * 1988 – [[Chris Tillman]], American baseball pitcher *[[1989]] – [[Darren Nicholls]], Australian rugby league player *[[1990]] – [[Emma Watson]], English actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Watson {{!}} Biography, Movie, Harry Potter, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emma-Watson |website=britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Daiki Arioka]], Japanese idol, singer, and actor * 1991 – [[Javier Fernández López]], Spanish figure skater *[[1992]] – [[Remo Freuler]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Remo Freuler|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/22624/Remo-Freuler/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> * 1992 – [[John Guidetti]], Swedish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=John Guidetti|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/john-guidetti/126941/|website=Soccerway|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Jeremy McGovern]], Australian rules football player *[[1993]] – [[Felipe Anderson]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Felipe Anderson|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/6784/Felipe-Anderson/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Brodie Grundy]], Australian rules football player * 1994 – [[Shaunae Miller-Uibo]], Bahamian sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaunae Miller|url=https://www.olympic.org/shaunae-miller|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Leander Dendoncker]], Belgian footballer *[[1997]] – [[Ashleigh Gardner]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ashleigh Gardner profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ashleigh-gardner-858809|access-date=2021-04-15|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Maisie Williams]], English actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kazi |first1=Safeeyah |title=Maisie Williams marks 22nd birthday with funny childhood throwback snaps |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/maisie-williams-marks-22nd-birthday-with-funny-childhood-throwback-snaps-a4118976.html |publisher=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=16 April 2019}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Sexyy Red]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1643372196440555520|user=SexyyRed314_|title=My birthday day April 15th}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Denis Shapovalov]], Canadian tennis player *[[2001]] – [[Shanti Dope]], Filipino rapper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wave891.fm/hotspot/?article=423|title=Artist of the Month: 10 Things to Know About Shanti Dope|work=[[Wave 89.1]]|access-date=6 December 2019|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330015748/http://www.wave891.fm/hotspot/?article=423|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Matías Soulé]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Matías Soulé|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matias-soule-malvano/663542/|website=Soccerway|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[628]] – [[Empress Suiko|Suiko]], emperor of Japan (born 554) * [[943]] – [[Liu Bin (Southern Han)|Liu Bin]], emperor of [[Southern Han]] (born 920) * [[956]] – [[Lin Yanyu]], Chinese court official and [[eunuch]] *[[1053]] – [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex]] (born 1001) *[[1136]] – [[Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare]] (born 1094) *[[1220]] – [[Adolf of Altena]], German archbishop (born 1157) *[[1237]] – [[Richard Poore]], English ecclesiastic *[[1415]] – [[Manuel Chrysoloras]], Greek philosopher and translator (born 1355) *[[1446]] – [[Filippo Brunelleschi]], Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377) *[[1502]] – [[John IV of Chalon-Arlay]], Prince of Orange (born 1443) *[[1558]] – [[Roxelana]], wife of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] (born c. 1500) *[[1578]] – [[Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]], German nobleman (born 1509)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haarmann |first=Torsten |title=Das Haus Waldeck und Pyrmont. Mehr als 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolge |language=de |location=Werl |publisher=Börde-Verlag |date=2014 |series=Deutsche Fürstenhäuser |volume=Heft 35 |pages=48 |isbn=978-3-981-4458-2-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hoffmeister |first=Jacob Christoph Carl |title=Historisch-genealogisches Handbuch über alle Grafen und Fürsten von Waldeck und Pyrmont seit 1228 |language=de |location=Cassel |publisher=Verlag Gustav Klaunig |date=1883 |pages=46 |url=https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-474762 }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Robert Persons]], English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (born 1546) *[[1632]] – [[George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore]], English politician, [[Secretary of State (England)|English Secretary of State]] (born 1580) *[[1652]] – [[Patriarch Joseph of Moscow]], Russian patriarch *[[1659]] – [[Simon Dach]], German poet and hymnwriter (born 1605) *[[1719]] – [[Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon]], French wife of [[Louis XIV of France]] (born 1635) *[[1754]] – [[Jacopo Riccati]], Italian mathematician and academic (born 1676) *[[1757]] – [[Rosalba Carriera]], Italian painter (born 1673)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ursula|last=Mehler|title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673–1757: die Bildnismalerin des 18. Jahrhunderts|trans-title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673–1757: Portrait Painter of the 18th Century|location=Königstein im Taunus|publisher=Ortensia Koenigstein|year=2006|page=31|language=de|isbn=978-3-00016-194-0}}</ref> *[[1761]] – [[Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Lord President of the Court of Session]] (born 1682) * 1761 – [[William Oldys]], English historian and author (born 1696) *[[1764]] – [[Peder Horrebow]], Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1679) * 1764 – [[Madame de Pompadour]], mistress of King Louis XV (born 1721)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gordon |first1=Alden R. |title=Searching for the Elusive Madame de Pompadour |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |date=2003 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=95 |doi=10.1353/ecs.2003.0062 |jstor=25098031 |s2cid=144477737 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098031 |issn=0013-2586|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1765]] – [[Mikhail Lomonosov]], Russian chemist and physicist (born 1711) *[[1788]] – [[Giuseppe Bonno]], Austrian composer (born 1711) *[[1793]] – [[Ignacije Szentmartony]], Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1718) *[[1854]] – [[Arthur Aikin]], English chemist and mineralogist (born 1773) *[[1861]] – [[Sylvester Jordan]], Austrian-German lawyer and politician (born 1792) *[[1865]] – [[Abraham Lincoln]], 16th [[President of the United States]] (born 1809) *[[1888]] – [[Matthew Arnold]], English poet and critic (born 1822) *[[1889]] – [[Father Damien]], Belgian priest and saint (born 1840) *[[1898]] – [[Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui]], New Zealand commander and politician ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – Victims of the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|''Titanic'' disaster]]: ** [[Thomas Andrews]], Irish shipbuilder (born 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Andrews {{!}} Irish ship designer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Andrews-Irish-ship-designer |website=britannica.com |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref> ** [[John Jacob Astor IV]], American colonel, businessman, and author (born 1864) ** [[Archibald Butt]], American general and journalist (born 1865) ** [[Jacques Futrelle]], American journalist and author (born 1875) ** [[Benjamin Guggenheim]], American businessman (born 1865) ** [[Henry B. Harris]], American producer and manager (born 1866) ** [[Wallace Hartley]], English violinist and bandleader (born 1878) ** [[Charles Melville Hays]], American businessman (born 1856)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Widow and Daughters of Hays Speed Home|url=http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/widow-and-daughters-of-hays-speed-home.html|encyclopedia=encyclopedia-titanica.org|date=August 9, 2011 |publisher=Chicago Examiner (as re-printed on Encyclopedia Titanica)|access-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> ** [[James Paul Moody]], English Sixth Officer (born 1887) ** [[William McMaster Murdoch]], Scottish First Officer (born 1873) ** [[Jack Phillips (wireless operator)|Jack Phillips]], English telegraphist (born 1887) ** [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]], English Captain (born 1850) ** [[William Thomas Stead]], English journalist (born 1849) ** [[Ida Straus]], German-American businesswoman (born 1849) ** [[Isidor Straus]], German-American businessman and politician (born 1845) ** [[John B. Thayer]], American business and sportsman (born 1862) ** [[Henry Tingle Wilde]], English chief officer (born 1872) *[[1917]] – [[János Murkovics]], Slovene author, poet, and educator (born 1839) *[[1925]] – [[Fritz Haarmann]], German serial killer (born 1879)<ref>"Ogre, Killer of 26 Boys, Beheaded— Fritz Haarmann Walks Calmly to Guillotine, Repentant but Unafraid; Consults Pastor", ''The Washington Daily News'', April 15, 1925, p.1</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Gaston Leroux]], French journalist and author (born 1868) *[[1938]] – [[César Vallejo]], Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1892) *[[1942]] – [[Robert Musil]], Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (born 1880) *[[1943]] – [[Aristarkh Lentulov]], Russian painter and set designer (born 1882) *[[1944]] – [[Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin]], Russian general (born 1901) *[[1945]] – [[Hermann Florstedt]], German [[SS]] officer (born 1895) *[[1948]] – [[Radola Gajda]], Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (born 1892) *[[1949]] – [[Wallace Beery]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885) *[[1962]] – [[Clara Blandick]], American actress (born 1880) * 1962 – [[Arsenio Lacson]], Filipino journalist and politician, [[Mayor of Manila]] (born 1912) *[[1963]] – [[Edward Greeves, Jr.]], Australian footballer (born 1903) *[[1966]] – [[Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury]], Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of [[East Pakistan]] (born 1906) *[[1967]] – [[Totò]], Italian comedian (born 1898) *[[1971]] – [[Gurgen Boryan]], Armenian poet and playwright (born 1915) * 1971 – [[Friedebert Tuglas]], Estonian author and critic (born 1886) *[[1979]] – [[David Brand]], Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (born 1912) *[[1980]] – [[Raymond Bailey]], American actor and soldier (born 1904) * 1980 – [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], French philosopher and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1905) *[[1982]] – [[Arthur Lowe]], English actor (born 1915) *[[1984]] – [[Tommy Cooper]], Welsh comedian and magician (born 1921) *[[1986]] – [[Jean Genet]], French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1910) *[[1988]] – [[Kenneth Williams]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1926) *[[1989]] – [[Hu Yaobang]], Chinese soldier and politician, former [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] (born 1915) *[[1990]] – [[Greta Garbo]], Swedish-American actress (born 1905) *[[1993]] – [[Leslie Charteris]], English author and screenwriter (born 1907) * 1993 – [[John Tuzo Wilson]], Canadian geophysicist and geologist (born 1908) *[[1998]] – [[William Congdon]], American-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1912) * 1998 – [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian general and politician, 29th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (born 1925) *[[1999]] – [[Harvey Postlethwaite]], English engineer (born 1944) *[[2000]] – [[Edward Gorey]], American poet and illustrator (born 1925) *[[2001]] – [[Joey Ramone]], American singer-songwriter (born 1951) *[[2002]] – [[Damon Knight]], American author and critic (born 1922) * 2002 – [[Byron White]], American football player, lawyer, and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]] (born 1917) *[[2004]] – [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]], Japanese illustrator (born 1934) *[[2007]] – [[Brant Parker]], American illustrator (born 1920) *[[2008]] – [[Krister Stendahl]], Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (born 1921) *[[2009]] – [[Clement Freud]], German-English journalist, academic, and politician (born 1924) * 2009 – [[László Tisza]], Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1907) * 2009 – [[Salih Neftçi]], Turkish economist and author (born 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Jack Herer]], American author and activist (born 1939) * 2010 – [[Michael Pataki]], American actor and director (born 1938) *[[2011]] – [[Vittorio Arrigoni]], Italian journalist, author, and activist (born 1975) *[[2012]] – [[Paul Bogart]], American director and producer (born 1919) * 2012 – [[Dwayne Schintzius]], American basketball player (born 1968) *[[2013]] – [[Benjamin Fain]], Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1930) * 2013 – [[Richard LeParmentier]], American-English actor and screenwriter (born 1946) * 2013 – [[Jean-François Paillard]], French conductor (born 1928) *[[2014]] – [[John Houbolt]], American engineer and academic (born 1919) * 2014 – [[Eliseo Verón]], Argentinian sociologist and academic (born 1935) *[[2015]] – [[Jonathan Crombie]], Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966) * 2015 – [[Surya Bahadur Thapa]], Nepalese politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (born 1928) *[[2017]] – [[Clifton James]], American actor (born 1920) * 2017 – [[Emma Morano]], Italian [[supercentenarian]], last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899) *[[2018]] – [[R. Lee Ermey]], American actor (born 1944) * 2018 – [[Vittorio Taviani]], Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929) *[[2022]] – [[Bilquis Edhi]], Pakistani philanthropist and wife of [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]] (born 1947)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bilquis Edhi passes away at 74 in Karachi |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2352734/bilquis-edhi-passes-away-at-74-in-karachi |access-date=17 April 2022 |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=15 April 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb|Henry Plumb]], British politician and farmer (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harley |first=David |date=2022-04-26 |title=Lord Plumb obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/lord-plumb-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Liz Sheridan]], American actress (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerry Seinfeld pays tribute to 'TV mom' Liz Sheridan following her death aged 93 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-15/jerry-seinfeld-pays-tribute-to-tv-mom-liz-sheridan-following-her-death-aged-93 |website=ITV News |access-date=15 April 2022|date=15 April 2022}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Whitey Herzog]], American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |last=report |first=Post-Dispatch staff |date=2024-04-16 |title=Whitey Herzog, Cardinals champion manager and creator of 'Whiteyball,' dies at 92 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/whitey-herzog-cardinals-champion-manager-and-creator-of-whiteyball-dies-at-92/article_d58ec338-e9f8-11ed-bc34-67a54ce626f6.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=STLtoday.com}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Josip Manolić]], Croatian politician, [[Prime Minister of Croatia|prime minister]], and [[Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia|speaker of the Chamber of Counties]] (born 1920)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Potvrdila njegova kći: Preminuo Josip Manolić |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/preminuo-josip-manolic-1534499 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Wink Martindale]], American DJ, radio personality, and TV personality (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Segarra |first=Edward |date=April 15, 2025 |title=TV host Wink Martindale, known for 'Gambit' and 'Tic-Tac-Dough,' dies at 91: Reports |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/04/15/wink-martindale-dead-game-show-host-gambit/83107840007/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Abbo II of Metz]] **[[Father Damien]] ([[Episcopal Church (United States)|The Episcopal Church]]) **[[Hunna]] **[[Paternus|Paternus of Avranches]] **[[April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of the Sun]] ([[North Korea]]) *[[Father Damien]] Day ([[Hawaii]]) *[[Hillsborough disaster#Memorials|Hillsborough Disaster Memorial]] ([[Liverpool]], England) *[[Jackie Robinson Day]] (United States) *National [[American Sign Language]] Day (United States)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/asl-day-2019-american-sign-language-1394695|title=Today is #ASLDay, but how is it used In today's society?|author=Sophia Waterfield|date=April 15, 2019|website=Newsweek}}</ref> *[[Pohela Boishakh]] (Bengali New Year; India)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Poila Boishakh 1429: Why Bangladesh & West Bengal Celebrate Bengali New Year On Different Days |url=https://news.abplive.com/lifestyle/poila-boishakh-1429-history-of-bengali-calendar-and-why-bangladesh-and-bengal-celebrate-bengali-new-year-on-different-days-1525756 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=news.abplive.com}}</ref> *[[Tax Day]], the official deadline for filing an individual [[Tax return (United States)|tax return]] (or requesting an extension). (United States,<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Jonathan |last1=Blitzer |magazine=The New Yorker|title=What Kevin McCarthy Will Do to Gain Power |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/what-kevin-mccarthy-will-do-to-gain-power |date=19 December 2022|access-date=19 December 2022 |page=37 |issn=0028-792X |volume=98 |issue=43}}</ref> Philippines) *[[Universal Day of Culture]] *[[World Art Day]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=15}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/15 Historical Events on April 15] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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